Several years ago in the LA area, police conducted a raid at a house, the wrong house by mistake, and killed an unarmed man. It was a horrible story. The department was later investigated and found to be almost rogue. The one officer involved had also been involved in other shootings before. While the Indiana law probably wouldn't have made a difference in this case, that cop deserved a .45 instead of the victim - and I'm generally on the side of cops.

I wouldn't ever put on one of those sleeze outfits in the first place. Yea, I said sleeze outfits. Law enforcement agencies in the USA are some of the most corrupt organizations we have in the country (outside of politicians/corporations) ... I'll sacrifice dressing up as a cop for Halloween, for protection against the corrupt who carry tasers, guns, and can lock you away indefinitely.

TropicalMark said

ConfederateGhost saidY'all act like y'all are mad in the sense that police aren't corrupt? Indiana did a damn good thing in my opinion.

Just make sure you dont wear a cops uniform in Indiana for Halloween ok?

ConfederateGhost saidI wouldn't ever put on one of those sleeze outfits in the first place. Yea, I said sleeze outfits. Law enforcement agencies in the USA are some of the most corrupt organizations we have in the country (outside of politicians/corporations) ... I'll sacrifice dressing up as a cop for Halloween, for protection against the corrupt who carry tasers, guns, and can lock you away indefinitely.

TropicalMark said

ConfederateGhost saidY'all act like y'all are mad in the sense that police aren't corrupt? Indiana did a damn good thing in my opinion.

Just make sure you dont wear a cops uniform in Indiana for Halloween ok?

ConfederateGhost saidI wouldn't ever put on one of those sleeze outfits in the first place. Yea, I said sleeze outfits. Law enforcement agencies in the USA are some of the most corrupt organizations we have in the country (outside of politicians/corporations) ... I'll sacrifice dressing up as a cop for Halloween, for protection against the corrupt who carry tasers, guns, and can lock you away indefinitely.

TropicalMark said

ConfederateGhost saidY'all act like y'all are mad in the sense that police aren't corrupt? Indiana did a damn good thing in my opinion.

Just make sure you dont wear a cops uniform in Indiana for Halloween ok?

ConfederateGhost saidNo, I've actually never been arrested. I just have my eyes open.

TropicalMark said

ConfederateGhost saidI wouldn't ever put on one of those sleeze outfits in the first place. Yea, I said sleeze outfits. Law enforcement agencies in the USA are some of the most corrupt organizations we have in the country (outside of politicians/corporations) ... I'll sacrifice dressing up as a cop for Halloween, for protection against the corrupt who carry tasers, guns, and can lock you away indefinitely.

TropicalMark said

ConfederateGhost saidY'all act like y'all are mad in the sense that police aren't corrupt? Indiana did a damn good thing in my opinion.

Just make sure you dont wear a cops uniform in Indiana for Halloween ok?

We might have to bury ya

Woof.. you musta been arrested a few times huh?

I aint disagreein with ya.. there ARE alot of 'corrupt' cops. However there are even more that actually arent.

In one way I strongly support this bill because the law enforcement profession has gotten somewhat too powerful and too hostile to the citizens. There are too many brutal, crooked cops in the law enforcement profession today. Some of these cops have forgotten that they are public servants paid by the taxpayers but they act like their authority is totally unquestionable. At the same token, I am concerned that this proposed law could be easily misinterpreted as giving the people the lawful right to obstruct police officers in their jobs and violently retaliate against the cops even when they follow all the required, legal procedures.

Hyperbole in this case is probably not productive. I dont see, suddenly, armies of violent anti-police citizens in Indiana awaiting their first opportunity.

On the other hand, if this gives police pause before they act to enter a person's home, it is a good thing for Indiana. No agent of any government should have the authority to arbitrarily enter a private home with no recourse available to the individual. We are not subservient to the police. If this restores balance then I believe its a reasonable law.

Do tell, what suggestion you have for tightening the screening process? What criteria or basis would you have to go by? You don't always know someone is gonna be corrupt until the opportunity arises. The same idea applies to the Indiana situation as well...you don't know what the intentions are of the police busting up into your home when you've done nothing wrong, until it's happened. We as citizens should have the right to protect ourselves against that scenario.

Better yet, I think we should take away all violent weapons except for the standard pistol they use...like tasers, which has created a relaxed mentality amongst law enforcement...causing a blurring of the line between when it's appropriate to use deadly force, and when not to.

meninlove said lol, so let's kill cops instead of going after the screening process for cops.